This Japanese dude was "shocked" when his UK international school daughter felt "ashamed to be Japanese" after learning about the Nanjing Massacre. He held a family meeting and tried to convince her it was exaggerated Chinese propaganda.
This is a big slap in the face to those who say "it’s the past, let bygones be bygones." While some Japanese do reflect on their brutal history, many others continue to downplay or twist it — calling the suffering of invaded nations “propaganda” and shielding their children from the truth.
Can you imagine the German government denying Nazi history without consequences? Yet the Japanese government has been doing exactly this for decades: denying, downplaying, and erasing its wartime atrocities — from comfort women to the suffering across Asia.
The girl shouldn’t feel ashamed of being Japanese. She should actually be proud that she’s learning the truth about history and showing sympathy for the victims.
It’s her parents — the ones proudly twisting history and misleading their own child — who should feel ashamed, not her.
A nation built on lies and denial can never be truly strong or respected.